Tip-up success at Lake Darling

January 26, 2014

Kim Fundingsland/MDNA fisherman removes a hook from a northern pike pulled through the ice recently at Lake Darling. Note the tip-up rig lying on the ice, a system used successfully by numerous ice anglers. When a fish strikes, the spring-loaded flag is released from a horizontal to an upright position and alerts the fisherman to a possible catch